St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-28
How the Day Set Apart to the Memory
of the Soldier Dead Will be OBJ
served at Jamestown.
The Board of Asylum Trustees Reject
All Bids for the Construction
q of an Arsesian Well.
Twenty OF Thirty New Elevators to DO
Constructed Along the Northern
Pacific by Christian & Go.
New Catholic Cemetery---Doings OF the
Stock Company---T0 Bore
for Natural Gas.

Special Correspondence of the Globe
JAMESTOWN. Oak, May 26.-James-
town is nothing if not patriotic, and she
always takes advantage of holidays to
manifest that spirit. Decoration day
this year, as in the past, will be fittingly
observed, and the impressive ceremonies
which belong peculiarly and exclusively
to this day, will be cheerfully yet Sor-
rowfully observed. Fort Seward post
of the q. A. r. has been preparing for
the exercises for several weeks. The
post will have the matter in charge,
but will be assisted by the local
organizations of the WOman'S Relief
crops and the Sons of Veterans. Sun
day all three organizations will attend
the Presbyterian church in body and
listen to a sermon, appropriate to the
coming exercises. by Rev. N. ID. Fan
ming. Col. WA. Bentley, of Bismarck,
has been invited to deliver the DecOra-
ton day Grafton. A base ball game will
be one of the attractions of the after
noon. The board of asylum trustees
held meeting Tuesday and opened the
bids for boring an artesian well. The
bids were six in number and ranged
from S3.45 to 81 per foot, with various
conditions attached. Upon a careful
consideration of the matter, all the bids
were rejected and the question post
poned for the time. 1t is thought, how
ever, that when fair proposition,
with no unfavorable conditions at
tached. is presented the board
will at once let the contract. The last
legislature appropriated $1,000 for
A WATER SUPPLY
for the institution, and the majority of
the trustees have been of the opinion
that since it has been demonstrated that
water exists under the upper James
river valley, an arteSion well would be
the cheapest and most effectual method
OF supplying the institution with the
cleansing liquid. The plans and Speci-
rived. The contract will be let in bulk.
the contractor to furnish his own stone
and brick work and all necessary mate
rial. A number of resident and outside
contractors are now figuring on the job.
The board meets again the 18th of June,
when the contract for the buildings will
be let. An enterprise which is of the
greatest possible Importance to North
Dakota was made public few days ago.
1t was learned from representative of
the firm that Christian Il Co., a wealthy
and powerful flour and elevator firm of
Minneapolis, had decided to extend
their elevator system in Dakota and will
proceed Immediately with the erection
the main line of the Northern Pacific,
and probably on the jamestown d
Northern, James River Valley and
CoOperStown branches. They have sites
selected at all the principal points on
the main line and some on the branches.
They are already building at MANY
places on the Fargo q South
western. The elevators will aver
age about $4,000 bushels capacity and
be built after the most approved man.
ner. This addition will make three in
dependent elevator companies at many
points and will make much better
market for grain. The trustees of the
ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH
have just completed plating and adorn-
| ing the recently chosen site for their
new cemetery, which is conveniently
located within the city limits The
cemetery will be consecrated June 5
with unusual ceremony. The city Of
| ficialS and others will probably be in
vited to attend. Bishop Marty, of Yank-
| ton, will be present and participate in
| the ceremonies.
At the last meeting of the fire de-
| partment the following officers were
| selected: Chief, George G. Eager: as
sistant chief, Charles Pierce; treasurer,
| F. II. Chapman; secretary, G. A. Lie
Der, E. II. Stallman foreman and F. H.
| Chapman, assistant foreman of the
Hook and Ladder company. Eugene
| Clark foreman and Henry Dorm assist
| ant foreman of the Chemical. The bows
are practicing for the Wahpeton tour
nament. which will be held the middle
Of June. A number of the boys have
expressed an intention of contesting for
| prizes, and it is expected that the James
town department will return with some
trophies. The stock company formed
here few days ago to bore for natural
| gas is getting matters in shape for COM
mencing operations. The location has
not yet been selected, but it will prob
ably be somewhere on the South side,
so that i'll case gas is not found in suf-
ficient quantities the hole can be turned
into an artisan well. The gas indica.
| lions were such as to convince the pros
| pectors of the enterprise that good
| strong blow can be obtained by sinking
q dry hole, gas having forced its way
through 1.300 feet of water in the arte-
sian well in considerable quantities.
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